METHODS, SYSTEMS, AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING MULTI-ZONE 21

• US 20170032622A1
• Filed: 05/23/2016
• Published: 02/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ahmnon D. Moskowitz
• Original Assignee: Ahmnon D. Moskowitz
• Inventors: MOSKOWITZ, Ahmnon D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,965,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3209 Input means, e.g. buttons, touch screen
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3244 Payment aspects of a gaming system, e.g. payment schemes, setting payout ratio, bonus or consolation prizes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3262 Player actions which determine the course of the game, e.g. selecting a prize to be won, outcome to be achieved, game to be played
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3276 wherein the players compete, e.g. tournament
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3293 Card games, e.g. poker, canasta, black jack

Abstract

A method and system for implementing a multi-zone blackjack game, wherein a starting zone value is only zero and a game objective is to reach a numerical value in a maximum amount of zones. In the method and system, a gaming operator device receives an initial wager from a player, reveals each card to a player and receiving an input from the player regarding which zone area to place each card in, determines which zone or zones card placement is permitted, repeats the step of revealing and receiving and the step of determining until a determination is made that card placement is not permitted, and resolves the wager according to a predetermined pay scale.

Claims

1. A method of playing a multi-zone blackjack game, wherein a starting zone value is only zero and a game objective is to reach a numerical value in a maximum amount of zones, the method comprising the following steps:

a) receiving, by a gaming operator device, an initial wager from a player;

b) revealing, by the gaming operator device, each card to a player and receiving an input from the player regarding which zone area to place each card in;

c) determining, by the gaming operator device, which zone or zones card placement is permitted;

d) repeating, by the gaming operator device, the step of revealing and receiving and the step of determining until a determination is made that card placement is not permitted; and

e) resolving, by the gaming operator device, the wager according to a predetermined pay scale.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein an amount of times required for a maximum payout is equal to a quantity of starting zones.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the game ends when a determination is made, by the gaming operator device, that all zones reached a numerical value of more than 21 or exactly 21.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein, if a determination is made by the gaming operator device that a zone reaches 21, the gaming operator device gives a player a point and a value of the zone reverts to zero and placement of cards within that zone can continue.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein, if a determination is made by the gaming operator device that if a zone value surpasses 21, the gaming operator device gives a player an out and a value of that zone reverts to a zero value and placement of a card is possible within that zone.

6. The method of playing a game as recited in claim 5, wherein a number of outs is limited.

7. The method of playing a game as recited in claim 1, wherein rules of game can be combined including:

wherein, if a determination is made by the gaming operator device that a zone reaches 21, the gaming operator device gives a player a point and a value of the zone reverts to zero and placement of cards within that zone can continue, and

wherein, if a determination is made by the gaming operator device that if a zone value surpasses 21, the gaming operator device gives a player an out and a value of that zone reverts to a zero value and placement of a card is possible within that zone.

8. The method of playing a game as recited in claim 1, wherein the gaming operator device provides a subordinate payout if the player reaches 21 in at least one zone.

9. The method of playing a game as recited in claim 1, wherein the gaming operator device provides a bonus payout if a determination is made by the gaming operator device that a player received exactly an ace value and a ten value in a plurality of zones.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, where the bonus payout is higher than the maximum payout for a 21 objective.

11. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the quantity of starting zones is predetermined by the gaming operator device.

12. A method of playing a multi-zone blackjack game, wherein a starting zone value is only zero and a game objective is to reach a numerical value in a maximum amount of zones, the method comprising the steps of:

a) receiving, by a gaming operator device, an initial wager by a player;

b) determining, by the gaming operator device, which zone or zones card placement is permitted;

c) repeating the steps of receiving and determining until a determination is made, by the gaming operator device, that card placement is not permitted; and

d) resolving the wager according to a predetermined pay scale.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein a maximum payout for reaching the numerical value in a plurality of zones is at least ten times a value of a minimum payout.

14. A system for playing a multi-zone blackjack game, wherein a starting zone value is only zero and a game objective is to reach a numerical value in a maximum amount of zones, the system comprising:

a gaming operator device comprising;

an input device configured to receive an input from a player; and

a controller programmed to control the game,

wherein the gaming operator device is configured to;

(a) receive an initial wager from a player;

(b) reveal each card to the player and receive an input from the player regarding which zone area to place each card in;

c) determine which zone or zones card placement is permitted;

d) repeat the step of revealing and receiving and the step of determining until a determination is made that card placement is not permitted; and

e) resolve the wager according to a predetermined pay scale.